"How dare you! I am the King of Qin! How dare you lay a hand on me???"
However, the Imperial Guards remained unmoved. They were absolutely loyal to Zhu Yunwen and would go through fire and water for him as long as he gave them orders.
Let alone defeating a mere King of Qin?
So they completely ignored the King of Qin's voice and words, and directly pressed the King of Qin to the ground.
The other two Imperial Guards, wielding fire and water sticks, began to beat the King of Qin's buttocks without saying a word.
King Zhu Shuang of Qin wanted to shout angrily, but the intense pain made him scream in agony.
The scene was extremely chaotic, and this sight frightened the officials of the prefecture who were standing on either side of the hall, turning their faces pale.
It should be noted that for many years, this Prince Zhu Shuang of Qin has acted like a local emperor here, and he has always been the one to beat, scold, kill, or punish others.
When have you ever seen Qin King Zhu Shuang being beaten on the ground?
This gave them a sense of relief, but also a great deal of fear.
They were afraid that this matter would escalate.
Zhu Yunwen, however, was not afraid. Under his orders, the Imperial Guards struck hard, quickly delivering twenty strokes of the cane, causing the Prince of Qin on the ground immense pain.
After the twenty strokes of the cane were finished, Prince Qin, Zhu Shuang, finally recovered and glared angrily at Zhu Yunwen, saying:
"You bastard... kid, you actually hit me..."
Zhu Yunwen slammed the gavel on the table, startling Zhu Shuang.
Then Zhu Yunwen said:
"Beating you is too lenient. We'll settle this score one by one. Also, you'd better understand the situation. You're just a mere King of Qin, while I am the Crown Prince."
Even if this matter goes all the way to my grandfather, I believe he will side with me. So you'd better readjust your stance, otherwise things will only get worse.”
Faced with Zhu Yunwen's warning, Zhu Shuang gradually came to his senses.
He knew that Zhu Yuanzhang's current regard and favor for Zhu Yunwen was unparalleled; otherwise, he would not have given the position of Crown Prince to Zhu Yunwen.
Since Zhu Yunwen is Zhu Yuanzhang's future successor and the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty, from this moment on, his status and importance are much higher than Zhu Shuang's.
As long as Zhu Yunwen doesn't kill Zhu Shuang, no matter how big the trouble gets, Zhu Yuanzhang will never punish him.
Therefore, Zhu Shuang had no choice but to bow his head before Zhu Yunwen today.
Thinking of this, Zhu Shuang looked at Zhu Yunwen with a helpless expression and said:
"What exactly do you want? I'm your second uncle. Isn't it enough that you disregarded royal dignity and beat me in public?"
Zhu Yunwen sneered and said:
"Of course not. The crimes you have committed in Xi'an Prefecture are too numerous to count. Do you think twenty strokes of the cane will suffice? Don't rush, let's take it one step at a time."
Zhu Yunwen knew that these so-called crimes were not enough to truly make Zhu Shuang pay the price.
But it doesn't matter, Zhao Qingzhu is currently in Zhu Shuang's hands, which is Zhu Yunwen's biggest trump card in dealing with Zhu Shuang.
Zhu Shuang didn't know what Zhu Yuntong was planning to do, but at that moment he was indeed a little afraid of Zhu Yuntong.
Then Zhu Yunwen looked at a petition in his hand and said to Zhu Shuang:
“You just said yourself that you admit to all these crimes. Those twenty strokes of the cane were just a small lesson for you. We’re only just beginning.”
As he spoke, he held up a legal document in his hand:
"Old Yang is accusing you of allowing your servants to abduct a woman from his house yesterday. Did they kidnap his daughter? Is that true?"
Zhu Shuang shook his head: "That's not true."
He knew that Zhu Yunwen was starting to take this matter seriously. If he admitted it as quickly as before, although Zhu Yunwen couldn't do anything to him, some lessons would definitely come as expected.
Zhu Shuang wasn't stupid, and naturally realized that he couldn't admit it anymore.
Zhu Yunwen sneered: "Is that not true? Men, go and search the Prince of Qin's residence."
Two Imperial Guards immediately stepped forward, ready to search Zhu Shuang's residence.
Zhu Shuang's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, so he could only say:
“It is true that someone from my household brought a woman back yesterday, but nothing has been done to her yet. Since you think this is a big deal, I will have her released.”
Zhu Yunwen said, "So you're saying you admit to condoning your servants forcibly taking women from the common people?"
Zhu Shuang opened his mouth as if to say something, but for a moment he didn't know how to defend himself.
Zhu Yunwen: "Since you have confessed, guards, give him ten more strokes of the cane."
Zhu Shuang's expression changed, and before he could say anything, the Imperial Guards had already pinned him down on the board and started hitting him.
These ten strokes, combined with the previous twenty, had already left him with torn skin and a bloody mess on his buttocks.
Although the initial beating might not be too fatal, if a person is really beaten dozens of times, it's not impossible for them to be crippled and left barely alive.
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